Anglian Water were ‘questioned’ on a number of concerns and issues, especially with the planned new reservoir being planned.
Myself had some ‘accountability’ questioning and when it came to AW Pollution recorded the representatives answered and apologised about their recent historical records, and seemed a little rattled and comfortable.
My questions were :-
What do you consider to be termed as Water Pollution?
Where does Water Pollution come from?
Who is responsible for dealing with Water Pollution?
Anglian Water pleaded guilty and was hit with a fine of £2.65 million after allowing untreated sewage to overflow into the North Sea following a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. What are Anglian Water doing to prevent ongoing discharges in to our rivers and sea.
The report highlighted three main reasons Anglian Water remained a two-star company: Thirty-three sewerage pollution incidents per 10,000 km.
Anglian Water caused 255 incidents in 2022. This included 11 serious incidents. More than half of all of the serious pollution incidents nationally were from Anglian Water and Thames Water assets.
Anglian Water was the worst-performing water company for self-reporting of all pollution incidents.
The Environment Agency revealed in its annual report on the environmental performance of England’s nine water and sewerage companies today (July 12) that Anglian Water has been rated two stars.
Is Anglian Water irrespective of its investment putting profit before pollution?
WTC & FDC Cllr Sennitt Clough asked :-
Please can Anglian Water address the question of why sewerage was dumped into the Nene in Peterborough and what are they doing about the impact that is having on neighbouring towns such as Whittlesey?
You can read an article in Tuesdays Peterborough Telegraph by Clicking Here
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